Home and Away hunk Orpheus Pledger opens up about controversial storyline

Summer Bay's resident hunk with a heart, Orpheus Pledger, has been sweeping girls off their feet for close to three years as Mason Morgan, but now Pledger's character is in the middle of one of Home and Away's most controversial - and topical - storylines to date.

Dropping into the Morning Show this morning, Orpheus revealed more about his controversial storyline on the hit soap, as the show tackles the issue of medical marijuana use.

When co-host Larry Edmur asked Orpheus about the storyline and Home and Away's penchant for hitting the hard topics, Pledger reiterated that with every hard story comes a lot of background research.

"It's all relevant," Pledger told hosts Kylie and Larry, "It's mostly for the people that are sitting at home - just like me when I was 15 years old - looking at Home and Away talking about school relationships and things like that.

Morning Show host Kylie Gillies then probed the buff Pledger about how Mason might be feeling when it comes to putting his medical career on the line.

"It's all in the name of love," explains Orpheus, "It's for his younger sister, Raffy.

"She's suffering from epilepsy so he's decided to take things into his own hands and do whatever it takes to help his sister."

Orpheus Pledger will mark three years on Home and Away come June 7.

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